Indigenous Conversations: Indigenous languages at risk

Australia's Indigenous languages could be completely wiped out by 2050 according to experts. The number of traditional languages has dropped from 250 to 120 over the last two hundred year, and the ones left face extinction. The 2011 Census shows that 83% of Aboriginal and Torres Islander people only speak English at home. About one in 10 speak an Australian Indigenous language.

Aboriginal elder paints a fellow elder_AAP Image-Dan Peled Source: Aboriginal elder paints a fellow elder_AAP Image-Dan Peled